1) What ruleset did you use in your last game? - Honours of War
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Austrians
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Very
4) Was it the first time you used the ruleser? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Marginal Austrian victory as they vacated the field at nightfall to protect their lines of communication.

1/ Song of Blades & Heroes
2/ A variety of Greek & Trojan heroes and their warbands
3/ very! Even the punters picked up nicely - we were a participation game
4/ No, but barring a couple of playtest games first time in major anger for ages
5/ overwhelming win for the Greeks. seven games, seven nil to Agamemnons boys. Although the virtually unlike able Achilles died three for three.

We put a table on for the club at Wargamer today in Halesowen, nice little show but I gather trade was quiet post lunch. Got seven games with the public in, a devestating seven wins for the Greeks! Not a lot of need for the horse Although the greatest threat may have come from Ajax charging a colleagues coffee cup for a devastating kill...

Punters all had great fun (including the two sets of kids) and all picked up the rules and ran with them happily. Good stuff, migh take it to WMMS in Wolves come March.

Well done that Pixie

Sounds like a good day was had by all.

- Neil.

Tonight's game was a refight of the Battle of Pubela 5th May 1862. We will finish it next Sunday. It is a disguised scenario being fought out as Chilean v Bolivian because I don't have a Mexican or French army of the period.


1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Die Fighting
2) What armies were confronted? - Chilean v Bolivian
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Nop
5) How many players were in the game? - 6

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Hannoverians at Langensalza 1866
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. Very quick to pick up the basic mechanics
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Very good rules, even from the first run through. Sort of AAR to follow...

1/ Rules set - Frostgrave
2/ Armies - my Necromantic Elves versus Iron Circle mercenaries lead by their Elementalist
3/ Comfort - yes, this about our sixth game overall. Bit awkward to start though as not played for a couple of months!
4/ First time? - Nope, about sixth
5/ Players - two

Game went well, little rusty for a bit at the start but we got into the swing quite nicely. I suckered the enemy into a fire trap lined by my crossbows, bows and wizard & apprentice and held by my Knights to allow my Thieves to run in and grab treasure safely. The Iron Circle then blew my mage away in one shot of an Elemental Bolt, did the same to a Knight and was into my squishies and poised to cream me. I managed a credible pull back and fighting retreat whilst praying for the weather to close in, which fortunately it did for a draw in treasure seized - we each got two pieces, me aided by RUNNING AWAY and my opponent by good use of a summoned demon to grab one from under the noses of two wandering monsters! He came out well up on XP due to the casualties he'd caused though, and up on money as he rolled and sold a couple of Grimoires with spells that were of no use to him.

I'd recommend Frostgrave for anyone into a bit of Fantasy skirmish - flavour is good, rules play well and are without awkwardness or argument and it only takes twenty figures and a 2-3ft table

1. Balance of Power again.

2. A rather ho hum Austrian army v. an elite/veteran French army

3. Just could not get the hang of the manoeuvring rules - my mate reckons I am spatially dyslexic. I just found it all very depressing as my French crumbled into an unholy tangled mess. Meanwhile, as he is now going on about Aurelian, it's even more depressing as I hated Blucher - more manoeuvring I couldn't get my head round.

4. Second time played, Not too keen on a third outing.

5. Two players.

1) Sabre Squadron
2) British Royal Marines vs Argentine infantry.
3) Very comfortable game.
4) First Time with the rules, but playing the guy who wrote them and very easy to pick up (Hi Nick)
5) 2

Proper illustrated batrep over the weekend!

Good to hear it went well after so long in development 

1. Honours of War

2, Prussians v. Austrians

3, Introducing another club member to the rules - scenario one but this time Austrians attacking and Prussians defending. Once again the defenders were defeated,

4. Becoming very comfortable with the rules now.

5. Two players.

A quick iPhone shot of last night's game.


Right hand end of the Argentine line comes under sustained fire from British Marines and a pair of Scorpions.
In the centre the Marine platoon took many casualties, but carried in fighting.
More later.

Looking good, Will ! 
Cheers - Phil

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Bloody Big Battles
2) What armies were confronted? - Prussians vs Hannoverians at Langensalza 1866
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes. Even though 2nd game it all flowed very easily.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - No
5) How many players were in the game? - 2

Another re-run through Langensalza and a much closer game. AAR to follow.

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Donned the smoking jackets and caps, passed round the hip flask and played British Grenadier Deluxe
2) What armies were confronted? - British and Tories v Rebels
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes.
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Yes to this edition
5) How many players were in the game? - 5

1) Bloody Picnic WW1, with local amendments.
2) Germans vs Belgians. 10 MM. Pendraken roughly a brigade of Belgians (attackinh) and a regiment plus Jäger of Germans
3) We've used them a few times before and feel fairly comfortable with them, though as we game early war we avoid a lot of the complex bits.. We do need a "sequence tracker" pinned up on wall though for next time.
4) Played before but we tend to add tweaks each time.
5) 2 players, me and Tony from Tiny Tin Troops.

We played the same scenario twice, swapping armies. Tony was badly handicapped by his reinforcement rolls, being unable to get his vitally needed Belgian guns on first time and then, as Germans second time, failing to get the infantry reinforcements he needed.

Doctor! Doctor! I need help! 

Last week continuing my reducation into games other than ancients, Napoleonics, 7YW and WW2 I was persuaded to take part in an X-Wing game. 

To my horror I really enjoyed it but was concerned during play that the Star Wars theme was playing in my head and when I moved my Tei Fighters I could hear that scream they make (or did I really make the sound out loud myself?).

Please help me as when I left, that Star Wars theme wouldn't leave my head and kept drumming away until I was asleep!!

Is this normal? Worried of Leicester.

It a great game, don't fight theDark Side (off to buy a Star Destroyer for Armada, it's bigger cousin)

Dunn-dunn-dunn dun-di-dun dun-di-dun !!!! No! I am your father.

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!

Three games today to finish off 2015!

1) What ruleset do you use in your last game? - Flames of War, Star Wars Armada, FogR
2) What armies were confronted? - Something German vs  my US Kelly's Heroes force, Empire vs Rebellion, Early Hungarian vs Samuari
3) Did you feel comfortable with the ruleset? - Yes, by the end yes, Yes
4) and... was the first time do you use the ruleset? - Playing for years,  second game, many games this year.
5) How many players were in the game? - Two player, four players, two players.

Lost 14:7, won 400:75, lost 21:4, but three brilliant games, the former and latter could have gone either way!